Hayom Yom 24 Menachem Av - To love a fellow Jew is to love G‑d
The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Rabbi Yosef Katzman
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מְקוּבָּל רַבִּי מִפִּי רַבִּי
The following tradition was handed down from Rebbe to Rebbe:
אִין דעֶר צַייט פוּן מַחֲלוֹקֶת הַיְּדוּעָה
At the time of the well-known dispute [between chassidim and misnagdim],
האָבּעֶן חֲסִידִים דעֶרצֵיילט דעֶם אַלטעֶן רֶבִּי'ן
the Alter Rebbe’s chassidim told him
דִי גְרוֹיסעֶ יִסּוּרִים וואָס מ'האָט פוּן דִי מִתְנַגְדִישׁעֶ פְּראָסטעֶ אִידעֶן
that they suffered greatly from the simple folk among the misnagdim.
האָט דעֶר רֶבִּי געֶזאָגט
The Alter Rebbe replied:
דעֶר זֵיידעֶ — אַזוֹי פְלעֶגט דעֶר רֶבִּי רוּפעֶן דעֶם בַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב
“Grandfather (that was how the Alter Rebbe would refer to the Baal Shem Tov)
האָט זֵייעֶר לִיב געֶהאַט דִי פְרָאסטֶע אִידֶען
had a great love for simple Jews.
אִין דִי עֶרשׁטֶע טעֶג וועֶן אִיךְ בִּין געֶוועֶן אִין מעֶזרִיטשׁ
In the first days of my stay in Mezritch,
האָט דעֶר רֶבִּי הָרַב הַמַּגִּיד געֶזאָגט
the Rebbe, the Maggid [of Mezritch], declared:
מְרַגְלָא בְּפוּמֵיהּ פוּן רֶבִּי'ן — הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב
‘The Rebbe, the Baal Shem Tov, used to say
אַהֲבַת יִשְׂרָאֵל אִיז אַהֲבַת הַמָּקוֹם
that to love a fellow Jew is to love G‑d.
בָּנִים אַתֶּם לה' אֱלֹקֵיכֶם
[As it is written,] You are children of G‑d your L‑rd.
אַז מעֶן האָט האָלט דעֶם פאָטעֶר האָט מעֶן האָלט דִי קִינדעֶר
One who loves the Father, loves [His] children.’”
Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English
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